Sewing-machine guide for hat-sweats.



' J. G. RINGE. SEWING MAGHINE GUIDE FOR HAT SWEATS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6, 1908.

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SEWING MACHINE GUIDE FOR HAT SWEATS.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 6, 1908,

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SEWING MACHINE GUIDE FOR HAT SWEATS.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 6, 1908.

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' To all whom it may concern:

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. RINGE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SINGER MANU-FACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SEWING-MACHINE GUIDE FOR HAT-SWEATS.

Be it known that I, JOHN C. RINGE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Bridgeport, in the county of F airfield. and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSewing- Machine Guides for Hat-Sweats, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in hat-sweat guides for sewingmachines, and has for its object to provide a combination of coactingguiding members which, owing to their combined automatic and manualcontrol, insure that the hat-sweat will be guided and stitched into thehat so that the bead formed by the reed will be secured in uniformrelationship with the line of intersection of the surface of the hatbody and the surface of the corresponding side of the hat brim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a viewin perspective of the lower arm or'cylinder of a sewing machine equippedwith my improved mechanism. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cylinder andimproved mechanism shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front side elevation ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged front side elevation of the upper outerend portion of the cylinder and improved guiding mechanism, togetherwith a view in section of a part of a hat and a portion of a hat-sweat,said materials being shown in the positions which they occupy relativelyto the stitch-forming and clothfeeding mechanisms. Fig. 5 is an enlargedfront end elevation of the upper portion of the machine cylinderequipped with my improved mechanism, together with a portion of ahatsweat, the latter being shown in the same position, relatively to thestitch-forming and cloth-feeding mechanism, as in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is aview in perspective of the throat-plate and separator. Fig. 7 is a viewin perspective of the hat-brim rest, reed guide and sweat-leather guide,together with i their carrying arm. Fig. 8 is a view in per- I spectiveof the parts shown in Fig. 7 slightly separated to better illustratetheir operative relationship. In describing my improvement, I have 1shown only so much of the sewing machine as was deemed necessary for aproper under- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. February 6, 1908.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909. Serial No. 414,472.

standing of the construction and application of my invention.

1 is the machine standard, 2 the cylinder, 3 the feed-wheel providedwith the usual teeth 4 and mounted to rotate in the guide 5, and 6 isthe cylinder cap secured by screws 7 to said cylinder.

8 is a swinging bracket arm pivotally secured by a screw 9 upon thesurface 10 of the cylinder 2 and frictionally retained in its adjustedposition by a spring washer 11. To the outer end of the arm 8 issecured, by screw 12 and guide slot 13, an adjustable ex- 15 slidablysecured by screws 16, 16, said plate being provided with a hat-brim stayconsisting of an upwardly extended portion 17 against which the hat-brim18 rests as it is advanced under the needle.

19 is a link pivotally secured at one end to the plate 15 by a screw 20,its opposite end being pivotally attached, by a screw 21, to an arm 22of an adjusting lever 23, which latter is pivoted by screw 24 upon theextension 14. Thus, through the manipulation of the hand lever, 23, therest 17 is moved into and out of operative relationship with thehat-brim, making it convenient for the operator to place the material tobe acted upon beneath and remove the same from under the presser-foot-25.

In order that the rest 17 may be secured against accidental movement, Iprovide the lever 23 with a catch 26 which coacts with suitable teeth 27formed upon a raised portion 28 of the extension 14, the lever 23 beingconstructed of spring metal to accommodate the adjustment of the catch26, and to better insure that the movement of the plate 15 will be in aline parallel with the extension 14 the plate 15 is provided with agroove 29 which is slidably fitted to the outer end of said extension.

30 is an adjusting screw held in the de-v sired adjustment by the nut31, the inner end I of said screw acting as a stop for the bracket arm 8when said arm is moved to its operative position, as shown in thefigures.

32 is one part of a reed guide secured, by shoulders 33 of the screws16, upon the front end of the extension 14, the body portion of saidscrews being of sufficient length to permit of the adjustment of theplate 15 by tension 14 carrying at its free end a plate the lever 23,but without any undue lost motion between said plate and said extension,the oppositely arranged wall of sald guide comprising the vertical endwall 34 of the extension 14, the part 32 in connection with the wall 34forming a reed guide 35 through which the reed 36 and its covering 37are guided to the action of the stitchforming mechanism.

38 is a sweat-leather guide Which, in the present instance, is formedintegral with the extension 14 and constructed with a guiding edge 39arranged at an incline relatively to the horizontal guiding surface ofthe guide 35, said guiding edge, owing to its position below the seamguiding edge 40 formed on the throat-plate 41, acting upon thesweatleather 42 to draw the bead-forming seam 43, at the point where itis exposed between said leather and reed covering, against the seamguiding edge 40.

44 is a second swinging bracket arm pivoted by screw 45 upon the surface46 of the cylinder 2, and frictionally retained in its adjusted positionby a spring washer 47, said arm having secured to it, by screw 48 andside wall 49, an adjustable extension 50 which, in turn, has secured toit, by screw 51 and pin 52, an auxiliary sweat-band guide 53. 54 is aseparator guide pivoted at 55 to the throat-plate 41 and acted upon by aspring 56, the latter being secured by screws 57 to the underside ofsaid throat-plate which, in turn, is secured to the cylinder 2 by screws58. The acting end of the guide 54 is constructed in the form of a bladewhich normally extends up through an opening 59 formedin thethroat-plate. To better facilitate the passage of the sweat-leather pastthe line of needle actuation, the throat-plate is constructed with anincline 60.

In the operation of my device, the completed hat-sweat, consisting ofthe sweatleather 42, reed 36 and covering 37, secured together by theline of stitching 43, is fed to the action of the needle, as illustratedin Figs. 4 and 5, with the sweat-leather 42 passing through theauxiliary guide 53 and beneath the guiding edge 39; the bead 61 of thehat-sweat passing over the separator guide 54 and seam guiding edge 40and through the reed guide 35; and the free plies 62 and 63 of the reedcovering 37 passing over the feed-wheel and beneath the hatbody 64, thusinsuring that the sweat-leather will lay smoothly against the innersurface of the hat-body, and that the bead 61 of the sweat-band will besecured in uniform relationship with the line of intersection of thesurface of the hatbody and the corresponding side of the hat-brim whenthe stitching has been completed.

While the several guides are illustrated as occupying their operativepositions only, it is to be understood that they are capable of asweat-leather guide, the latter provided with adjustment into and out ofoperative relationship with the stitch-forming and clothfeedingmechanisms in substantially the same manner as is common to hat-sweatguides generally; and that while the hatbriin stay 17, separator guide54 and auxiliary guide 53 are advantageous in guiding the material, theyare not essential, the more im-' portant features connected with myimprovement consisting in the construction and .coiiperation of theguides 35, 38 and seam guiding edge 40; also that the employment of ayielding separator guide obviates the necessity of manually changing theadjustment of a given form of uide, or replacing such guide by one ofdifferent outline, to meet the requirements of variation in thethickness of the materials, size of the reeds, and all irregularitiesincident to the formation of the seam 43.

What I claim is p 1. In a sewing machine guide for hatsweats, thecombination of a separator guide, a reed guide, a sweat-leather guide,and a seam guiding edge against which the bead of the hat-sweat isforced as said hat-sweat is advanced to the needle actuation.

2. In a sewing machine guide for hatsweats, a separator guide, a reedguide, a sweat-leather guide, and a seam guiding edge against which thebead of the hat-sweat is forced by the action of said sweat-leatherguide, in combination with a hat-brim stay, substantially as described.I

3. In a sewing machine guide for hatsweats, a reed guide, asweat-leather guide, an auxiliary guide, and a seam guiding edge againstwhich the head of the hat-sweat is forced by the action of saidsweat-leather guide, in combination with a yieldingly mounted separatorguide, substantially as described.

4. In a sewing machine guide for hatsweats, a separator guide, a reedguide and a guiding edge inclined to the horizontal plane of the guidingsurface of said reed guide, in combination with a seam guiding edgeagainst which the bead of the hatsweat is forced by the action of saidsweatleather guide, substantially as described.

5. In a sewing machine guide for hatsweats, an adjustably mounted reedguide, an auxiliary guide, a sweat-leather guide and a hat-bri1n stay,in combination with a yieldingly mounted separator guide, and a seamguiding edge against which the bead of the hat-sweat is forced by theaction of said sweat -leather guide, substantially as described. I

6. In a sewing machine guide for hatsweats, a reed guide and a hat-brimstay'arranged in superposed relationship and capable of adjustment intoand out of operative relationship with the needle actuation, in 130combination with a separator guide, a sweatleather guide, and a seamguiding edge against which the bead of the hat-sweat is forced as saidhat-sweat is advanced to the needle actuation.

7. In a sewing machine guide for hatsweats, a separator guide, a guidingedge and a sweat-leather guide arranged in the same vertical plane, areed guide and a hat-brim stay arranged in superposed relationship, incombination with manually controlled means for adjusting saidsweat-leather guide, reed guide and hat-brim stay into and out ofoperative relationship with the needle actuation.

8. In a sewing machine guide for hatsweats, the combination of ahat-brim stay, a reed guide, a sweat-leather guide, a seam guiding edge,a separator guide and an auxiliary guide, all constructed and arrangedfor the purpose specified, substantially as described.

9. In a sewing machine guide for hat sweats, the combination of a reedguide, a sweat-leather guide, and a seam guiding edge against which thebead of the hat-sweat is forced as said hat-sweat'is advanced to theneedle actuation.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of F airfield, and State ofConnecticut, this 3rd day of February, A. D. 1908.

JOHN G. RINGE.

Witnesses:

J. S. FINoH, A. M. DONIHU.

